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Course Syllabus

Part I: Basic Tools (6 weeks)

  • Unit 1: Introduction to Python. Elementary values and data types. Straight line programs, assignments to variables, type conversion, math library.
  • Unit 2: Strings, sequences, vectors, arrays. Introduction to VPython. Functions and parameters.
  • Unit 3: Conditionals and loop structures. Recursion.
  • Exam 1

Part II: Introduction to Computational Tools, Methods, and Structures (6 weeks)

  • Unit 4: Simulation and Monte Carlo methods. Optimization methods.
  • Unit 5: Introductions to Computational Physics and Computational Chemistry
  • Unit 6: Use of data structures: trees, traversal and exploration. Recursion.
  • Unit 7: Introduction to graphs and their use in science applications. Visualizing massive data sets.
  • Exam 2

Part III: Looking Under the Hood at Computer Science (3 weeks)

  • Unit 8: Object-oriented design.
  • Unit 9: Algorithm design, limits of computing, intractability, computability. Future models of computation: DNA computing, quantum computing
  • Comprehensive Final Exam
 
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